Wireless

As businesses examine energy and fuel costs as well as worker productivity, wireless companies have an opportunity to support the greening of the economy – and make money at the …

Wireless network infrastructure is becoming more green – and saving operators some greenbacks at the same time.While interest has been pushed to a higher pitch in recent months due to …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. …

The wireless industry must continue its leadership role in addressing consumer-electronics waste, not just because it’s good corporate citizenship, but because it’s good business – for individual companies and the …

Now more than ever, policymakers and the wireless providers they regulate are finding it easier – indeed, politically and socially fashionable – to make peace with the latest iteration of …

The ecological impact of the most ubiquitous consumer-electronics device in history – yes, mobile handsets – may be likened to a coin. On the coin’s face is the easily recognized …

Here’s the good news: Some of you mobile players are among the most progressive corporations around when it comes to being gentle to Mother Earth.The bad news? Well, yeah, there’s …

A slice of iPhone 3G owners have said they are experiencing 3G connectivity issues such as weak signals, dropped calls and devices that revert from a carrier’s 3G network to …

A new study from ABI Research predicts there will be more than 32 million subscribers using Long Term Evolution networks by 2013, despite the fact that LTE networks are not …

A number of Alltel Communications L.L.C employees may soon lose their jobs.According to an Associated Press report, when Verizon Wireless’ purchase of Alltel finalizes, the carrier plans to keep a …

Machine-to-machine vendors face long- and short-term pressures that could affect their profitability, according to a new study from ABI Research.“M2M module vendors are in a precarious position,” says ABI Research …

Just a month and a half after Virgin Mobile USA Inc.’s announcement to acquire Helio L.L.C., all but one of Helio’s five retail stores have already closed. The New York …

Following up on a similar filing earlier this week, the Rural Telecommunications Group Inc. filed an individual petition with the Federal Communications Commission urging the agency to deny Verizon Wireless’ …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

With the whole world watching, the Olympic Games in China are a great time and place to deliver messages to the world. Samsung’s message to the world (today): We care.Samsung …

Hands-On Mobile Inc. said it has spun off “the bulk” of its business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa to Connect 2 Media in exchange for a minority stake …

Verizon Wireless ranked highest in J.D. Power and Associates’ 2008 Wireless Customer Care Performance study. The results, which normally find T-Mobile USA Inc. on top, included more than 11,000 respondents …

Virgin Mobile USA Inc. showed more enthusiasm toward its newer, postpaid offerings in its second-quarter report – not the normal behavior for a company that made its name with prepaid. …

RCR Wireless News’ sister publication Advertising Age ranked the leading national advertisers in its June 23 issue. Interestingly, wireless carriers accounted for the No. 1, 2 and 3 spots in …

Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility just added nearly another 1,000 retail outlets for the iPhone 3G by hooking up with big-box retailer Best Buy. That’s likely to gin up iPhone …

As Verizon Wireless works to purchase the carrier, Alltel Communications L.L.C. announced the addition of 319,687 customers in the second quarter, showing it is still thriving even as its potential …

Consumers passing the time while waiting for their flights to arrive at airports in Boston, Dallas and Los Angeles, can shop at new web-enabled kiosks from Best Buy that dispense …

Mobile operators are smiling through clenched teeth as the mobile industry moves toward “openness.” And “I Am Rich” is a good example of why some of their fears are well-placed.In …

A handful of rural operators again raised concerns over future roaming capabilities in filing a petition to deny Verizon Wireless’ attempt to acquire the nation’s No. 5 operator Alltel Communications …